In Brazil, rapes return to pre-pandemic levels; Find out more at Curto Flash

In the first half of this year, Brazil recorded a 12,5% ​​increase in rape reports. Read this and other news on Curto Flash, our selection of the main headlines of the moment.

A girl or woman is raped every 9 minutes 💔

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According to the Brazilian Public Security Forum, records of rape and vulnerable rape of female victims grew 12,5% ​​in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2021. The data was obtained exclusively by g1, GloboNews and TV Globo.

Between January and June this year, 29.285 girls or women were victims of rape in the country. This represents an average of one case every 9 minutes. (g1)

New features on zap 📱💬


This Wednesday (07), a new feature arrived on WhatsApp. Now, users will be able to create personalized avatars, which come with 36 stickers, which reflect several different emotions and actions, and use them as the application's profile photo.

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“We are bringing avatars to WhatsApp! Now you can use your avatar as a sticker in your conversations. More styles will soon be available in all of our apps,” announced Mark Zuckerberg. (CNN)

Bye, Tirullipa 👋

Yesterday (06) comedian Tirullipa was expelled from Farofa da Gkay for pulling guests' bikinis during a game in the pool. On social media, several videos are circulating showing the actor taking off his bikini tops and leaving influencers naked. (UOL)

Lensa, the App of the moment 🤳

The question with the lensa app was just one: “is this an avatar or a photo?” Yes. The Lensa app – a selfie app with Artificial Intelligence – creates avatars so real that it's almost confusing. It became a rage on social media last week, with influencers and celebrities joining the trend, but there was criticism and concern about the misuse of facial biometrics. (Curto news)

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Gasoline and diesel prices are reduced for distributors ⛽️

Petrobras announced this Tuesday (6), in Rio de Janeiro, that the average selling prices of diesel A and gasoline A for distributors will be reduced from today (7). (Brazil Agency)

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